Friday, April 11, 2014

Author Interview: Desires by Galia Ryan

Desiresby GaliaRyanDescription:

Anna is one of Elite Escort Agency's most popular call girls. She is quite comfortable living in the lap of luxury and pleasing a variety of wealthy men on her own terms; however, she longs to return to respectability. Only now she is accustomed to the best of everything. So Anna embarks on a quest to discover what else she is good for, other than dazzling every man who crosses her path.

Anna's calm is shattered when a former client resurfaces. A few years earlier Adam introduced Anna to bondage and submission. But although he held her in his thrall, Adam overestimated his power. When he demanded total surrender, she cut herself off from him forever. Now Adam is asking to see her again. Initially she refuses, but what can she do? She can't stop thinking about him.

The owner of Elite, Stephanie, is also haunted by memories of a former lover--Giancarlo, now married and dedicated to charitable work. When, after ten years, they come together once more, neither can resist the pull of their unresolved past, despite the possible consequences to Giancarlo's career.

Desires is Book 3 of the Luxuria Trilogy. It completes the cycle that began with Anna's story in Choices and Stephanie's in Secrets.

Interview:

I fell
in love with Anna in CHOICES and I was so happy to see her again in DESIRES. I felt like there was a lot more to her story! If I am not mistaken, you had initially
intended to end Anna’s story with CHOICES – what made you decide to wrap up the
trilogy with where it all began – with Anna?

You’re right. Anna
was meant to be a standalone book, with the following stories going back in
time, each picking up a character from the previous book. So, Anna, then Stephanie, and lastly
Olivia. But so many readers wanted to
know what choice Anna made, that my publisher Catherine felt the third book
should go forward, and tie up all the loose ends instead.

The
LUXURIA Trilogy features some sexy and (ultimately) confident women. Where do you draw inspiration for your
characters? Are any of the women similar
in personality to you?

I love strong women.
Perhaps because my mother was one, and it was thanks to her our family
had such a solid base. Are any of my
characters similar to me? Well, an older
relative recently described me to one of my children as headstrong! But I do believe in getting out there and
doing it, rather than simply talking about it.

There’s a slogan that sticks in my mind. Finishing last will always be better than did
not finish, which always trumps did not start.

Now
that you have three books under your belt, do you have any plans for other books,
if so what can we expect?

More of the same, since I love writing erotica. I am contracted for another novel and six
short stories, to be published throughout the year and then gathered for an
anthology in 2015. Two have already been
submitted, and yes, they both feature strong women! Another features a two-worlds-colliding
theme, and a strong, determined, glass-ceiling-crashing woman with a yearning
to be sexually dominated. The more
powerful she is in her public life, the more desperate and vulnerable her
private life becomes.

Who is
someone you really admire and why?

A lovely man, and good friend in Australia. Three years ago
Stephen Want had a crazy idea to take part in an Ironman competition. The reason it was crazy is because Stephen
is very heavily overweight due to circumstances outside his control.

Well, he found a personal trainer, and bought a bike and
started cycling to work. He had a
three-year goal. Three years of hard
work, and then the Ironman event. As
part of his focus he entered triathlons and other events along the way, and was
soon recognized by those cheering on from the sidelines. Known as ‘Lunchbox’ to his many friends, he
is now equally often described as the People’s Athlete because, still heavily
overweight, he has gained huge respect for pitting himself against world-class
sportsmen and women, and never giving up.

Does
your family know you write sexy books or is that something you keep under wraps? Either way, what do they think about it or
what would they think?

Close family and friends do, and while my children are very
proud of my achievements, I know they wished I wrote something a little less
mortifying!

Were
you *really* “convent educated from the age of four”? What’s the naughtiest thing you ever did in
school?

Yes, I was convent educated from four. First, with Our Lady of the Missions, then
the Canonesses of St Augustine. Both
were good schools, and I have to say, the education has stood me in good stead
throughout my life. Naughty? Oh yes!
The one incident that immediately springs to mind was when I was eleven
or so, and caught adorning the angels either side of the main chapel entrance
with Easter bonnets - in reality birds nest’s found in the convent
grounds. The statues were almost
life-size, and having climbed the framework of one of the doors, I was reaching
to place the second ‘bonnet’, and wondering how long it would take the nuns to
notice them, when I heard the furious voice of Reverend Mother behind me!

If you
were stranded on a deserted island with no chance of being rescued in the
foreseeable future, what items/people would you most like to have in the
following categories?

a) A man other than your husband/significant other

I can’t think of one!
Maybe Hugh Jackman or Gerard Butler – but I don’t think that would go
down too well somehow!

b) Food Item

Thankfully my husband loves sea fishing, and is good at
it! So it would have to be something to
enjoy with whatever he caught. A dozen
cases of a good white wine immediately comes to mind!

c) Luxury item you can't live without

My iMac

d) Album/CD

Oh so hard! Can I
cheat and make it a homemade compilation of all my favourite tracks? After all I’d need upbeat sounds to maintain
my positive energy, and soft, slow music for those lovely nights, lying on the
beach, watching the sunset.

e) Book

This is too difficult!
Something I could dip in and out of, rather than something I would
devour in one sitting. Non-fiction, and huge and historical.

Do you
use beta readers?

Yes, four, and I value them immensely since they connect me
with my readers. Two are very good at
pointing out flaws, and where adjustments need to be made, the other two are
purely emotional. As in – “OMG, I
couldn’t believe she…” or “Oh, wasn’t he just lovely, and that bit where…”

One such comment for Secret was, “You know, I really didn’t
like (the main character) at first, but half way though I thought, Wow! Yes!
You go girl!” Which was exactly the
reaction I’d hoped for.

Convent-educated from
the age of four, Galia Ryan was brought up not to question. Perhaps because of
this, she has always been fascinated by all things esoteric and “outside the
square.” Originally from Sussex, England, and now living in New Zealand with
her soul-mate husband and grown-up family, Galia tries to find time between her
passions for writing and reading and for her other love—travel. There is always
a growing list of must-see places. Desires is the third novel in the Luxuria
Trilogy, which began with Choices. Book 2, Secrets, tells Stephanie’s story.
Galia is currently working on an anthology of short stories. You can find her
on the Web at: Galiaryan.fannypress.com.

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